“My team and I take existing research and convert it into useful information, using it to solve real-world problems,” Dr Clarke says.

“Or, if existing research is inadequate, we do the research ourselves, and then solve the management problem.

“We’ve got a long track record of working with government and industry and we frequently work across disciplines.

“Our experience covers a host of areas, including rangeland condition assessment; mapping seagrass meadows, and looking at how they’ve changed over time; developing ways to understand wetland inundation regimes, so we can manage them better; improving monitoring methods to help protect our arid mound springs; developing new ways of detecting and mapping bush-fire scars; and many others!”